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• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  Twitter plans ‘pay by tweet’ system

  Twitter is working with American Express on a "pay by tweet" system for users to pay for real or virtual items through the microblogging service

• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  Barack Obama signs cyber security executive order

  US President Barack Obama has signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to share cyber threat information with private companies

• February 12, 2013 12 Feb'13

  Nasscom expects upturn in IT services demand

  Representing Indian IT services firms, Nasscom expects a recovery in sales growth with an increase by as much as 14% in the next 12 months

• February 12, 2013 12 Feb'13

  Cornwall stuck with paper records after collapse of BT partnership

  The collapse of Cornwall's strategic alliance with BT has scuppered a plan for the county's hospitals to digitise 750,000 patient records.

• February 12, 2013 12 Feb'13

  Beware of Oracle's Fusion Application plans

  Businesses are avoiding Oracle’s Fusion strategy according to research from Forrester. CIOs should be wary of the supplier's long-term plans.

• February 12, 2013 12 Feb'13

  IT industry group releases password-killing standard

  A consortium of IT companies, including PayPal and Lenovo, publishes new set of standards that could rid users of usernames and passwords

• February 12, 2013 12 Feb'13

  Apple releases fix for latest iOS update

  Apple has released iOS 6.1.1 as a fix for iPhone 4S users' 3G connections after some mobile operators warned of problems with the latest update to the operating system.

• February 12, 2013 12 Feb'13

  NAO details progress and challenges of UK cyber security strategy

  The UK government’s strategy for cyber security is delivering benefits even in its early stages, according to the National Audit Office (NAO)

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Intel and F5 invest into SDN

  Software defined networking has secured new interest this week with Intel investing into Big Switch Networks and F5 acquiring LineRate Systems

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  UK accountancy watchdog FRC investigates Autonomy

  Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in the UK is latest organisation to examine Autonomy accounts, which is accused of inflating its value

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Military-grade social media spying technology revealed

  Software that can map people’s lives by mining data from social media sites has already been developed

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  IT expert in Microsoft monopoly case faces £2.5m legal fight

  A computer expert who advised the European Commission in its investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by Microsoft faces £2.5bn legal battle

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  SDN adoption plans still stalling in Europe

  TechTarget and Computer Weekly surveys find that less than 10% of organisations looking to implement software defined networking (SDN)

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Australia to quiz tech giants on pricing

  The Australian parliament has summoned Microsoft, Apple and Adobe to appear before a committee investigating pricing

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Apple seeks to improve iOS security with image recognition

  Apple is planning to improve the security of iOS on iPhones and iPads by using image recognition or response, according to a patent application

• February 10, 2013 10 Feb'13

  Government seeks evidence for 'information economy' strategy

  The government is urging SMEs to submit evidence ahead of the publication of its Information Economy Strategy in May

• February 08, 2013 08 Feb'13

  Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen resigns as company posts losses

  Telecoms hardware manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent reports losses of €1.37bn and confirms CEO Ben Verwaayen will step down

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Interview: Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco UK & Ireland

  Cisco's UK CEO talks about innovation, wireless vs wired and software defined networking at the company’s annual Cisco Live event in London

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Infosec a key part of business risk, says Deloitte

  Information security is one of the fundamental aspects of business risk, says Mike Maddison, partner at Deloitte.

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Mixed reaction to EC’s cyber security plan

  The European Commission's cyber security strategy and proposed network and information security directive are met with mixed reaction

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Kaspersky apologises as AV update cuts links to web

  Kaspersky Lab apologises after thousands of corporate computers with Windows XP were cut off from the web by an anti-virus software update

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Europe tops Microsoft cyber security policy report

  A report from Microsoft on factors that differentiate malware infection rates around the world shows Europe leading the fight for cyber security

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Anonymous hackers hit US Federal Reserve

  US Federal Reserve confirms an intranet breach but denies claims that Anonymous hackers accessed the passwords of over 4,000 executives

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  CSC returns to profit one year after NHS debacle

  IT services supplier CSC raised sales 3% and recorded $268m profits one year after it suffered a $1.5bn charge for its failed NHS contract

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  European government moves to private clouds

  Over half of local and central governments across Europe are using or plan to use private clouds hosted by third parties

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  EU cyber strategy aimed at boosting preparedness and cooperation

  The European cyber security strategy addresses insufficient national preparedness and boosting co-operation in the region, says the EC

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Business avoids cloud over fear of government snooping

  Almost half of IT professionals are deterred from keeping sensitive data in the cloud because of fear of government intervention and possible legal action, a survey has revealed

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Cloud implementation costs higher than expected, finds KPMG

  Higher cloud implementation costs and IT integration challenges have come to the fore as use of cloud services rises

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Twitter strengthens login security after hacker attack

  Days after a hacking attack, it has emerged that Twitter plans to strengthen its login security with two-factor authentication

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Raspberry Pi Model A computer goes on sale for £16

  The latest version of the small single-board Raspberry Pi computer – Model A – has gone on sale in Europe at just £16

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Snooping bill needs more work, say MPs

  The government’s proposed Communications Data Bill needs more work, says a report from the cross-party intelligence and security committee

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  Recruitment firm enables BYOD through service management software

  Recruitment company SThree set up a bring-your-own-device scheme by provisioning software through service management software from Hornbill

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  Dell goes private helped by $2bn loan from Microsoft

  Michael Dell has succeeded in raising $24bn to buy back the company he founded in 1984, thanks in part to a $2bn loan from Microsoft

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  BlackBerry entices developers with 10.1 SDK update

  Developers will get a limited edition red Z10 and early access to an alpha version of a physical keyboard handset running BlackBerry 10

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Oracle makes UC buy with Acme Packet

  Silicon Valley giant Oracle expands into the IP networking business with the $1.7bn acquisition of Acme Packet

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Beebus virus targets aerospace and defence

  Security researchers have discovered a new threat that targets companies in the aerospace and defence industries

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Controversial Cornwall outsourcing plan faces more challenges

  The Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust has pulled out of a shared services programme

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  HTC forecasts sales decline for sixth consecutive quarter

  Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC has forecast a sales decline for the sixth consecutive quarter in the face of competition from rivals

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Oracle rushes out another Java update

  Oracle has rushed out another security update for Java in the wake of a flawed update released in January

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  Dell could prosper as private firm with Michael at the helm, say analysts

  Becoming a private company under the stewardship of founder Michael Dell could help Dell avoid the position HP is in, say experts

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  Ofcom launches consultation on liberalising 4G spectrum

  Vodafone and 3 have asked Ofcom to allow 4G connectivity across their existing spectrum

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  Leading companies adopt new security tools

  The actual number of cyber attacks on businesses is probably five times greater than the number being reported, says RSA

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  Google just meets EU competition commissioner’s deadline

  Google has submitted last-minute proposals to address the EC’s concerns over alleged abuse of its dominant market position

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  Chinese hackers hit Wall Street Journal and New York Times

  The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times claim hackers have infiltrated their systems to monitor the newspapers' coverage of China.

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Is BlackBerry 10 enough to woo the business world?

  We ask whether the new BlackBerry 10 software will bring the enterprise back into the fold

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  LED technology to bring Wi-Fi over light

  The University of Strathclyde is developing micron-sized LEDs which could be used to provide internet connectivity

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Former US cyber czar Howard Schmidt tells business not to wait for government

  Private business must not wait for government but take the initiative in addressing cyber threats, says former US cyber czar Howard Schmidt

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Facebook turns into a mobile business

  Almost a quarter of Facebook’s business is now mobile, according to the company’s latest financial results

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Kaspersky calls for international cooperation on cyber security

  Governments must understand that cyber weapons are extremely dangerous and have to agree not to use them

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Petition against £1bn Barnet Council outsourcing tops 8,000 signatures

  A petition calling for a public referendum on Barnet Council’s planned outsourcing project – One Barnet – has reached over 8,000 signatures

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  Three police forces backtrack on IT outsourcing plans

  Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire police have changed their minds and decided not to outsource services, including HR, to G4S

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  Amazon sales soar in 2012

  Amazon sales rose 27% to $61bn (£39bn) in its 2012 results and 22% in its 2012 fourth quarter revenues to $21.27bn, compared with 2011

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Cisco 'cannot wait' for open standards

  The networking giant edges towards a more open philosophy but still sees its technology as the best

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Cisco Unified Access connects University of Wales Hospital

  New Catalyst switch, combining wireless and wired access into one product used by University of Wales hospital to benefit patients and staff

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Office 365 marks the demise of Office package

  Microsoft updates Office 365 and Office 2013, as it continues its transition from a software provider to a services and hardware company

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  VMware cuts jobs as sales increase but profits disappoint

  Virtualisation software supplier VMware has announced 900 job cuts despite increasing its sales by 22% in the past year

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Social efforts will fail to deliver for 80% of businesses

  Enterprise social strategies will fail to provide the benefits they intended because of poor leadership and undue focus on technology, says Gartner

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Data protection tops 2013 UK security priorities

  Data protection is the top security priority for more than half of UK organisations in 2013, a survey has revealed

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Motion sensors could unlock smartphones, say researchers

  Smartphone motion sensors could prove a security vulnerability in helping criminals work out locking codes, say US security researchers

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Invest in cloud skills or risk marginalisation, CIOs warned

  CIOs need to invest in the processes and skills to manage cloud services effectively or risk being marginalised by the rest of the business

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Lessons from going global with Google

  The decision by global HR firm Randstad to migrate to Google from on-premise email should raise questions for CIOs considering the cloud

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Why has NAC, like DLP, failed to take off?

  Why are organisations not investing in systems that are designed to keep malicious actors out of their networks?

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Finance firm applications built on C and C++ more at risk

  Study of business applications reveals choice of programming language in the financial services sector is leading to security and continuity risks

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  CIO interview: Yann L’Huillier, Tradition

  Yann L’Huillier describes the three-pronged strategy he adopted after joining over-the-counter trading firm Tradition in April 2010

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  US military plans major boost for cyber force

  The US plans a substantial expansion for its cyber security force, increasing the headcount from 900 to 4,900 in the next few years

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Anonymous hackers hijack US agency website

  Anonymous hackers embed a video statement on a US government agency website in response to the death of digital activist Aaron Swartz

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Google could face UK legal action for secret iPhone tracking

  Ten million UK iPhone users could have grounds to sue Google for circumventing Apple security settings to monitor web browsing habits

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  EC calls for action on cyber strategy at WEF meeting

  EC has called on leaders attending the World Economic Forum meeting to establish strategies to cope with and respond to cyber attacks

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Smartphone shipments break records in 2012

  Juniper Research claims smartphone sales broke 200 million in the last quarter of 2012, bringing the annual total up to 671 million

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Encryption is safe bet, says SafeNet

  Encryption is the only thing that can give peace of mind to CIOs and CISOs, says Dave Hansen, president and CEO of security firm SafeNet

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Cisco sells off Linksys to Belkin

  Networking giant Cisco sells its consumer brand Linksys to its rival Belkin for an undisclosed sum

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  UK signs up to WEF cyber resilience plan

  The UK has signed the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) new set of principles on cyber resilience

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Samsung smartphone sales make profits soar

  Samsung profits grew significantly in Q4 2012 helped by sales of its Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 mobile devices

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  ICO wins round one of penalty challenge, but can it win round two?

  The ICO has won the first appeal against a fine issued to an NHS Trust, but a second could pose a greater challenge

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Microsoft profits and shares dip despite record revenues from Windows 8

  Microsoft’s share price slips after it reports a drop in profits, despite record revenues boosted by Windows 8 operating system (OS) sales

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  ICO hits Sony with £250,000 data breach penalty

  The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) has fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe £250,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  US charges three Europeans for cyber theft

  US authorities have arrested and charged three European men with creating and distributing a computer virus

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  Government requests for user data increasing, says Google

  The rise in government requests for users’ data continued in the second half of 2012, Google has revealed in its latest Transparency Report

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  IT apprenticeships: the only option for many hoping to enter the sector

  Apprenticeships with IT services firms are plugging a gaping hole in the UK IT skills pipeline

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Apple reports record quarterly sales - but still disappoints Wall Street

  Apple has reported its highest ever sales figure in a quarter as the pre-Christmas period drives significant increases in iPhone and iPad sales

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Capgemini steps up apprentice recruitment

  Capgemini to recruit 100 IT apprentices in Birmingham and surrounding area as part of its commitment to a government-backed project

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  UK lags behind US in cloud adoption

  Research from Vanson Bourne highlights the differences in attitude towards cloud computing between enterprises in the UK and the US

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Millions could be affected by Twitter bug, says Cesar Cerrudo

  A Twitter flaw allows third-party applications to access the direct messages of users who sign in to apps using Twitter accounts

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Google hits record $50bn annual revenues in 2012

  Google has reported $14.4bn revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012 and a record-breaking $50bn annual revenues for the year

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Dell to go private in bid to dump ailing PC business

  Dell is set to reinvent itself as an IT services provider by exiting the PC business through a $22bn buyout by a private equity firm

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Defra plans £80m agile CAP system

  The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is planning a single integrated £80m Common Agricultural Policy system

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  BPO up, IT outsourcing down as Europe looks beyond cost cutting

  The value of European IT outsourcing contracts was the lowest for five years, while the value of BPO deals rose 35% compared with 2011

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  BYOD: People pay for devices to use for work

  Over half of employees buy their own devices for work use, according to new report from mobile device management specialist Good Technology

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Why has DLP never taken off?

  Why is data loss prevention (DLP) technology not being adopted if it provides the very protection most businesses need?

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Proposed EU data breach laws will require proactive security

  Proposed European Union data breach notification laws will require proactive network security, says security management firm LogRhythm

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  City of London School wins National Cipher Challenge

  A team from City of London School has triumphed over 724 other UK schools to win the 11th National Cipher Challenge

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  GDS must not become an outlier, warns Martha Lane Fox

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) must not remain an outlier to the way the public sector delivers online services, says Martha Lane Fox

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  UK citizens unwilling to embrace big data

  The public sector could improve services by imitating the private sector’s use of big data, but citizens are overwhelmingly against the idea

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Charities struggle to raise pro bono IT support

  UK charities are struggling to attract pro bono IT support

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Cyber Security Challenge UK announces first University Challenge

  Four leading UK universities for Computer Science are taking part in a code-breaking competition as part of Cyber Security Challenge UK 2013

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Google proposes alternative to passwords

  Google hopes to lead the scrapping of passwords by proposing what the company claims will be a more secure online authentication method

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  US general warns of Iran’s growing cyber capability

  Iran’s cyber soldiers are going to be a force to be reckoned with, the head of the US military cyber operations has warned

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  Red October exploits patched Excel and Word flaws, experts say

  The 'Red October' malware campaign uses patched Microsoft Excel and Word flaws to infect victims' computers, reveals analysis from Kaspersky

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  O2 to sell phones without chargers by 2015

  A three-month trial by O2 and HTC shows 82% of customers don’t need the charger when they buy a new mobile phone

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  Google buys King's Cross site for UK headquarters

  Internet giant Google spends £1bn on a 2.4 acre site in the King's Cross area of London where it plans to open its UK headquarters in 2016